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This young mother buys her groceries cheap in the mini-supermarket of the Sheikh family and the Bas van der Heijden across the street. Her pram is expensive, this is the latest version of a very hip model and costs around 1000 Euro.
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Migrationpapa

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It’s 1 pm. Three young people hanging around the afro-cosmetics-wig-international phonecall-shop. The boy with the leather jacket is complaining about something. It’s not clear what bothers him. Life in general… Nies Medema –
Migrationpapa

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Sanne Luijben graduated from art school in 2009. From the south she moved to Tarwewijk. Sanne likes Tarwewijk because of its international atmosphere. Houses are cheap too. She recently had… Nies Medema –
Migrationpapa

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Young Mr. Bhoendie has been working here for eleven years now. His father and mother bought this little restaurant fifteen years ago. His mother cooks Surinamese, Hindu, Chinese, Carribean and… Nies Medema –
Migrationpapa

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Two towers on a 200 square meter play ground. It’s 4 pm, there is not one child playing. In Dutch cities, there are many of these so called Playground Associations… Nies Medema –
Migrationpapa

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Traditional Dutch churches and believers are becoming extinct species. This is a spire of a former reformed church in Tarwewijk. It is now the home of a church called Victory… Nies Medema –
Migrationpapa

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Education store Crooswijk, called Twinkle in your eye. You don’t have to do parenting alone. Twinkeltje is a place where parents and educators can go with questions about the… Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab

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TOS (at) Home On the Street (HOS in English). TOS takes care of the social climate in the public space in several Dutch cities. By organising activities for inhabitants… Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab

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Bike placed in forbidden area creates question around who or what should occupy space in Rotterdam.
Which item has more power: the warning post or the bike?
Maureen Kamphuis, the… Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab

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many efforts have been made to get the situation under control in the Tarwewijk. In this street the government has put up signs saying: NO DOPE SMOKING due to… Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa

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Two balconies in pensioners home ‘ Harmonie’ (Harmony). One with a Dutch flag, the other with a satellite dish, allowing her to watch TV shows from all over the world… Nies Medema –
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